The Accomplishments of Trees Image Source: public-domain-image.com
Sometimes on summer evenings I step
Out of my house to look at trees
Propping darkness up to the silence.
~A Final Affection by Paul Zimmer
As branches thudded to the ground, the arborist said, “It’s beginning to look like a tree.”
Of course, it was alwa...

Journeys Photo source: www.publicdomainpictures.netThere’s an acorn lying on the desk beneath the computer monitor, beside the mother-of-pearl souvenir mug from a trip to Washington DC.
The acorn is perfectly shaped, green and smooth, topped by a rough tan cap punctuated with a short wood pom-pom. There’s...

Pruning the Self-Absorption Image source: openclipart.orgThe lantana grew unruly over the last few weeks of summer. Sunshine-colored blossoms and long-armed branches of spiky leaves choked out the amaryllis and were on the verge of a hostile take-over of the garden.
The gardener arrived, pruners in hand, and set to work.
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